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Changes in binaural beat strength to the difference of right and left hearing ability

좌우 청력 차이에 따른 바이노럴 비트 세기의 변화

Seong Chan Kim1∗
,
Min Joo Choi12
김 성찬1∗
,
최 민주12
1제주대학교 의공학협동과정
2제주대학교 의학전문대학원 의학과
∗Corresponding Author
31 January 2020. pp. 57-63
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Abstract

The binaural beat is a subjective beating phenomenon due to the frequency difference of sounds heard in both ears, sensed by the human brain. The beating magnitude physically depends on the amplitudes of the two signals with slight different frequencies. Therefore, the binaural beat strength is expected to be affected by the difference in left and right hearing ability. In this study, 34 healthy subjects without hearing loss were chosen. They hear a pure tone sound (450 Hz) at 10 different Sound Pressure Levels (SPLs) (from 50 dB to 27.4 dB) through the one side of ears, while they hear the reference sound (440 Hz, 50 dB) through the other side of ears. Their subjective assessment using a semantic differential method reveals that the binaural beat strength decreases as SPL differences between the two sides of ears increases, if the difference is greater than 2.2 dB. The result suggests that the hearing loss difference between the two sides of ears should be less than 2.2 dB to maximize binaural beating effects.

Keywords
Binaural beat
Beating
Hearing ability
Sound Pressure Level (SPL)
Semantic Differential Method (SDM)

바이노럴 비트는 양이에 도달한 소리의 주파수 차이로 유발된 주관적인 맥놀이 현상이다. 물리적으로 맥놀이의 세기는 주파수가 다른 두 신호의 크기에 영향을 받는다. 따라서 바이노럴 비트는 좌우 청력의 차이에 따라 영향을 받을 것으로 예상된다. 본 연구에서는 청력에 따른 효과를 평가하기 위해, 정상 청력을 가진 34명의 피실험자가 한 쪽 귀에 기준음[440 Hz, 50 dB Sound Pressure Level(SPL)], 반대 측 귀에 주파수가 다른 제시음(450 Hz)을 SPL을 감소하며 들을 때, 주관적으로 느끼는 바이노럴 비트 의 세기의 변화를 Semantic Differential Method(SDM) 이용하여 평가하도록 했다. 실험 결과 피실험자가 느끼는 바이노럴 비트의 세기는, 좌우 소리의 SPL 차이가 역치(2.2 dB)보다 크면, 좌우 소리의 SPL 차이가 증가함에 따라 지속적으로 유의하게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 바이노럴 비트 효과를 최대로 하기 위해 좌우 청력 차이를 적절한 범위(예. 2.2 dB) 이내로 유지하는 것이 필요하다는 것을 시사한다.

키워드
바이노럴 비트
청력
맥놀이
음압 레벨
Semantic Differential Method (SDM)
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  • Publisher :The Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국음향학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국음향학회지
  • Volume : 39
  • No :1
  • Pages :57-63
  • Received Date : 2020-01-04
  • Accepted Date : 2020-01-20
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2020.39.1.057
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